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1851
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1878 - 1883
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1883
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El Rengle Market
Civil construction with a longitudinal rectangular plan covered by a flat roof, in the centre of which a barrel vault that occupies its entire length rises. It consists of a central corridor and a row of sales stalls on each side, and on the outside there are also stops. The stalls are separated by cast iron columns that support the roof. The set stands out especially for its vault, which also serves as ventilation once the stalls are closed. The front façades and the plinth of the building are clad in marble, and the interior of the building is decorated with glazed ceramics with tiles that form stripes of colours that make it more noticeable. The market was designed by the architect from Mataró Emili Cabanyes, and opened on the 5th of June, 1892. A year later, Josep Puig i Cadafalch designed and executed the remodelling of the roof, which gave its current appearance. In 1979, it was restored by the architects Isidre Molsosa and Montserrat Torres. It is a very characteristic building in Mataró which receives the popular name of "the train" due to its elongated shape. For the same reason, it is also popularly known as "the line" or "the tram".1892
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1894
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Miquel Parera Pertegàs House
Civil building attached to two side buildings. It consists of a ground floor and two floors. A balcony runs the width of the façade at the height of the first floor. The complex stands out for the use of historicist neogothic decorative elements, as is the case of the crowning of the building – especially the upper windows, which are decorated with profusely ornamented arches with sculpture: arches, floral elements, etc. The façade is covered with high-quality sgraffitos. -
La Confianza Shop
Former ‘fideueria’ or pasta and oil shop. "La Confianza", has a modernist decoration and preserves practically all the elements that Puig i Cadafalch designed – tempera on paper, display cases, showcases and oil tanks. On the outside, the tiles and irons that make up the store's name are also preserved. The state of conservation is precarious, especially with regard to the frescoes, which are quite damaged by humidity, and also to the decorative elements of the wardrobes. In the window, some wrought iron that held the baskets of vegetables is missing. Decorative elements It was designed by Puig i Cadafalch in 1896 at the request of the owner, Francesc Palomer. It basically consists of cupboards with showcases, the sideboard, wallpaper on the walls and a plaster frieze. The cabinets and display cases, made of wood with glass doors, were used to display the different types of pasta and semolina. They are elongated vertically with decorations that make them look like little chapels. The sideboard is made of marble, and on the outside there are some forged irons destined for the sacks of legumes. The walls of the store are decorated with wallpaper in three different colours, representing the repeated drawing of a Gothic cross. On the wall, just above the warehouse door, there is a small plaster frieze in the form of a garland, where the owner's name, F. Palomar, and the year 1896 are engraved. Probably from an earlier period are the oil tanks, with a sink and a metal grate. As indicated by a plaster frieze inside, the decoration was carried out in 1896, when it was owned by Francesc Palomer and the designer Josep Puig i Cadafalch. It is currently a grocery store, run by the Pinós family.1896
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Joaquim Coll i Regàs House
The plans of the project are signed by Antoni Maria Gallissà because in 1896 Puig i Cadafalch was no longer the municipal architect because of his bad relationship with the Mataró City Council. The house skillfully combines a wide range of ornamental languages, such as sculpture, glass, sgraffitos and ceramics. The stone is not only used to frame the openings, but serves to incorporate the carvings of the sculptor Arnau, who sculpted two relevant figures: the first one is on the tympanum of the door and represents a girl wearing a spindle, a textile emblem that alludes to the owner's industry, while the second figure is at the foot of one of the arches and is the usual Saint George. The rest of the façade is covered with graffiti, and the tribune stands outs, with Nordic reminiscences. The staggered crowning announces the profile of Barcelona’s Amatller House.1896 - 1898
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Sant Josep Residence
Building that borders the old Red Cross and the old Carmelite convent, now the parish of Sant Josep. It is part of the charity space that will be located in the city at the beginning of the 20th century. The building, owned by the City Council, follows the noucentista style, built in 1912 with modernist elements. The upper windows and the tribune at the entrance are worth noting, which give it a certain similarity with the building next door, by Puig i Cadafalch (Red Cross). Despite everything, the conception of the structure of the house responds to a much more rational, functional and institutionalised line. According to the Heritage Catalogue, where it is included, the façade and the volumes are protected, the interiors being subject to change. Sgrafittos Newly created on the façades, designed and made by the artist Parés de Mataró at the beginning of 1988 on the occasion of the renovation works on the interior and exterior of the building. The sgraffitos occupy approximately 600 m of drawing. When he was entrusted with the project, Parés made 4 preliminary designs, a moderate modernist one, one with flowers, a noucentista one and a simple one. The architect Martí Coll chose the first, the most flowery modernism. The motifs are basically flowers and waves, which can be seen in the borders that surround the building. On the west façade, the coat of arms of Catalonia and the staff of Sant Josep stand out, as the charity still depends on the parish. Like the building attached to the convent, the location of the municipal charity and the old people's asylum was granted to the city council in 1942. The origin of the asylum is due to a provision of the General Captain of the Principality, ordering all the towns to collect all the elderly and poor and give them shelter in 1836. The municipal buildings were insufficient, since there was a primary school for poor girls in the same place, and the current municipal charity of Sant Josep was built in 1912, with an entrance through the wall of Sant Llorenç.1906 - 1912
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Mataró Municipal Slaughterhouse
Large enclosure bordered by Prat de la Riba, Herrera and Don Quijote Streets, where three buildings stand out: the tower, the slaughterhouses and the building at the entrance. It is part of the simpler lines that combine the tile, the plaster and the visible work, a style that could be considered late modernism. The set combines blue, green and brown. Recently, works have been carried out for the reuse of one of the warehouses of the slaughterhouse destined for the Municipal Laboratory. Included in the Catalogue of Artistic Heritage of the Mataró town hall, the façades, volumes and interiors are protected. It was built in 1915 on some plots away from the old city walls, since until that time the functions of the slaughterhouse were carried out in the Plaça Gran, in the market. It was the most important work of Melcior de Palau i Simón, "and his project was approved and exhibited to the public in 1911. It was the first slaughterhouse of this style in the peninsula, and it conformed to the norms of hygiene and capacity".1909 - 1915
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1918 - 1920
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1924 - 1926
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1967 - 1969
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1969
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1972
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Finca Mas Ribera
Located in an urbanisation in El Maresme, the Ribera houses are made up of two homes intended for two brothers and a home for the watchmen. The buildings have similar characteristics and share a level in order to obtain the best views towards the sea, located at a certain distance. Respectful of the environment, the two houses, facing south and east, are semi-buried on the hillside, without giving up good sunlight. With the same desire for integration, the plastering of the houses and the pavilion is a dark red tone that harmonises with the green of the landscape. One of the houses integrates into its composition a pre-existing water pond, which had been used to irrigate the land. Access by car to the two houses is through the roof, a point close to the garage - in this way it is guaranteed that the visuals from the interior open up to the plan of the plot and towards the distant sea, without visual contact with the cars. The watchmen's house, an independent unit of these, has a characteristic shape in order to integrate into the whole and the landscape, and generates a large open inner courtyard.1968 - 1973
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Puig i Cadafalch Residential Street Block
Studio PER, Lluís Clotet i Ballús, Oscar Tusquets Blanca
A high voltage line forced the definition of a protection zone parallel to one of the streets and displaced the built volume so that from this restriction a generous semi-public space was organised which was treated as a vestibule of the two important vertical accesses to the homes. Its proximity and openness to the street and its visual relationship with a large avenue in front of it gave it greater breadth and a better connection with the city. The project can be seen as an effort to adapt the simple model of the block to a complex plot of a Mediterranean city in which the corners are fundamental. The relationship between the components, the small gestures in the headers and some change in the width of the blocks allowed the construction to help define the surrounding streets, which were not orthogonal to each other. It was a work that continued with the concern for the generous and dignified dimensions of the common accesses, and in which the desire to offer maximum freedom in the use of the homes appeared for the first time, conceived as rectangular spaces in plan, free of any accident structural or facilities and with gaps in the façade that did not predetermine any use and allowed them all.1970 - 1975
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1975
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El Cros and Les Aigües Schools
A layout determines the location of the two schools, and perpendicular to this layout different linear pavilions appear that generate a diversity of outdoor spaces. The conviction that public facilities buildings can and must act as structuring elements of the territory is a basic starting point of this project. The suburban situation of the land and the personal vision of the city lead to propose a building model of an urbanised and colonised estate in the image of the extensive urban territorial settlements of the late 19th century. The option of this type of building in the form of a "tapestry" makes it possible to find a flexible and domestic school building. We say flexible because mesh circulations, due to their neutrality, enable many types of pedagogical operation; and domestic because the dimensions and specific character of the different interior-exterior spaces lead to the individualisation of each one of them. The tapestry building in the form of a comb, with a single floor, adheres and closes towards the external road and opens neatly towards the interior of the plot with small semi-basements. At the end of the building there are the common spaces and perpendicular to these spaces, the janitors' homes and the classroom pavilions are emerging, along with the outdoor spaces: promenades, gardens/classrooms, squares, ponds, gardens, and patios. Both the supporting structure of the ceramic walls and the resulting spaces are the result of a strict reflection on the construction process, as are the materials used and their finishes.1983 - 1986
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Cirera Molins Primary Healthcare Centre
The building, based on a very precise program, finds its place in a degraded and aggressive environment through its shape and its position on the site. It is placed at one end of the plot to be away from a large industrial building and is divided into three pieces perpendicular to a retaining wall that defines the northern limit of the plot. The breakdown of the building into three volumes seeks to provide a strong character to the implementation. The strict type of program of a CAP is distributed in these three bodies with a ground floor and floor, formalised through its roof with a single slope and the façade inclined above the street, united by two lower blocks that contain the services and the stairs. An expansion project is currently being carried out that consists of two new pieces that aim to follow the volume of the current CAP and that will be located next to the others.1988 - 1992
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Gaudí Apartment Building
Brullet - De Luna Arquitectes, Manuel Brullet i Tenas, Alfonso de Luna Colldefors
Together with the commission to rehabilitate the Nau Gaudí, the Mataró City Council is asking BrulletDeLuna for a proposal to carry out a general arrangement of the surroundings of the Nau. This arrangement includes the design of the façades of the new housing complex that closes the square where the Nau Gaudí is inserted. So, it is about finding a suitable façade to accompany Gaudí's work. The starting point of the project is the search for materials with powerful tectonics capable of coexisting with the presence of the Nau. It opts for a combination of brick and wood construction, embedded in a grid of steel profiles. The resulting texture combines the materiality of the old factories from the beginning of the century, the structural order typical of technical rationality and the domesticity necessary for a residential building. It is also important to propose a deep façade with a gallery-balcony that generates an intermediate space, interesting both from the climatic point of view and for the spatial games it creates.1998 - 2000
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Gaudí Warehouse (Remodelled to House the Bassat Collection)
Brullet - De Luna Arquitectes, Manuel Brullet i Tenas, Alfonso de Luna Colldefors
The commission proposes to think about the construction of new homes, the restoration of Gaudí's chimney, nave and aedicle. The bleaching warehouse, remodeled and restored, will be given new multipurpose uses, which means that the refurbished building must have good performance both from an environmental point of view as well as from a regulatory and equipment one. The proposal is to build a large basement in the first 4 corridors of the nave, where the air conditioning machinery, the new sanitary services, the machinery for the new elevator between the ground floor and the basement, a staircase and a warehouse are located. The arches which are cut off on Cooperativa Street side are redone and therefore the current roadway is invaded to recover the original location of the nave. A wall is built parallel to the street to recover the amputated space of the nave and the small aedicle. Due to the impossibility of recovering the original west façade, the project proposes a new façade that has nothing to do with the previous one. It is a translucent and opal glass façade, with an air chamber and a special treatment that will allow us to increase the natural lighting of the original nave, adapting it to the new uses. The south and east façades are built according to the façades we know of the nave from a photo taken by Joan Bergós (image 16). In order to isolate it acoustically and thermally, without changing its original appearance, it has been decided to fold the roof and the partition of the east façade. A wooden framework is placed on the roof with the flat tile visible below, on top of which a projected insulation with another flat tile on top is placed. The view of the interior and exterior of the roof will be the original but it will be constructively bent. If you calculate the structure of the parabolic arches of the nave, you can see that the arch resists the loads of the ship built in a very precarious way. The solution to the increase in loads will be to reinforce, by means of stainless-steel plates, the connection of the three planks that make up the wooden arch (image 18). So as to not to modify the image of the arch, we have chosen to embed the plates on both sides of the central plank. Glass has been thought of as a distinctive element between the elements of the original nave and the new ones. These contemporary materials (translucent glass and transparent opal) differ from the materials of the late 19th century and at the same time reflect and multiply the parts designed by Gaudí.2003 - 2008
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Can Xammar Offices
Brullet - De Luna Arquitectes, Ioia Brullet Coll, Manuel Brullet i Tenas, Alfonso de Luna Colldefors
Following the existing urban planning, it was a question of building a ground floor and two storey building, on a plot of land very close to the remains of the 16th-century wall of the town of Mataró. The project has been configured based on a response to the complexities of the site characterised by the presence of the wall, a violent topography and the position of the building as a lateral closure of Plaça de Can Xammar. Our volumetric proposal was based on two premises. The first was to make possible the maximum view of the remains of the wall from Plaça de Can Xammar. With this aim, we try not to build the entire surface of the plot on the ground floor, and at the same time we propose two large overhangs - on the sea and mountain side - that facilitate the views over the wall. The second premise was to follow the plot structure of the old town of Mataró by converting the given plot of irregular plan into a rectangular plot. The small size of the plot turned into an isolated piece within the urban structure, the need for the proposed volume to structure Plaça de Can Xammar, the design of a supporting structure capable of withstanding the two large overhangs and the desire for the building to take on an abstract image to separate itself conceptually from the figurative image of the wall, led to the formal and constructive definition of the new building.2008 - 2010
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Antoni Comas Library in the Old Abattoir Building
The architectural intervention to adapt the three central naves of the Mataró slaughterhouse - the work of the architect Melcior de Palau - to the new library use was based on enhancing the value of modernist construction and at the same time introducing a new architectural language to the new annex buildings that allow solving the cultural use of the building: ▪ Glass enclosures and horizontal slats in front of modernist architecture, which is more massive and vertical. ▪ New access building linked to the central nave by an underground courtyard. Constructions in the testers to fit small spaces. ▪ Formalisation of the interior of each ship as a single space. ▪ In the central nave, a mezzanine detached from the perimeter and the pillars of the nave, is configured as a piece of furniture into which the shelves are integrated. ▪ Restitution of the most characteristic elements of the listed building: roof, stained-glass windows, fragment of transport guides... These are the main concepts.2013